Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Jammu and Kashmir is the first India’s first Union Territory to launch its MyGov platform. It was launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The platform aims for citizen engagement and achieve the goal of ‘Good Governance’. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. At present, MyGov has more than 2.29 Crore registered users named MyGov Saathis.

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The Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana launched digital platform ‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’ (FASTER).
The platform would be used by the court officials to instantly to send e-copies of the orders to intended parties, through a secured electronic communication channel. It covers all types of orders of the court.

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The government has decided to maintain the status quo on interest rates of small savings instruments for the April-June quarter.
The interest rate of the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is 7.6 per cent while the Public Provident Fund (PPF) fetches 7.1 per cent. Interest rates on small saving schemes are reset on a quarterly basis, tracking the movement in benchmark government bonds.

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India and Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Indian public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to set up a state of the art Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo.
The agreement is a part of India’s SAGAR (Security and Growth for all in the Region) initiative in the Indian Ocean. The MoU enhances co-operation on maritime security between the two countries in a part of the Indian Ocean region.

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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight-tested two more rounds of Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles off the Odisha coast.
The MRSAMs were test-fired from the Integrated Test Range launch pad-III off the Odisha coast, at Chandipur.  Earlier, the Army-version MRSAMs were test-fired from the ITR.

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Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the procurement of 15 indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) at a cost of ₹ 3,887 crore.
The defence ministry said 10 helicopters will be for the Indian Air Force and five will be for the Indian Army. Light Combat Helicopter Limited Series Production (LSP) is an indigenously developed combat helicopter containing around 45 per cent indigenous content by value, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

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India has contributed USD 500,000 to the UN Women, the United Nations agency for gender equality and women empowerment for their core budget.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations T.S.Tirumurti announced that India reaffirmed its partnership of women-led development and gender parity. UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous thanked India for its contribution.

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Afghanistan is the the world’s biggest opium producer, at present. Recently, the Taliban announced a ban on the cultivation of poppy in Afghanistan.
The production, use or transportation of other narcotics was also banned. As per the United Nations estimates, Afghanistan’s opium production was worth USD 1.4 billion in 2017. It has been continuously increasing in recent months.

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The Blue Nile, a subsidiary of the Nile River originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and travels through Ethiopia and Sudan.
A shipwreck on the Blue Nile River happened in Sudan’s Sennar province has killed 23 people, all of them female. The Blue Nile is an important transport route for people and goods in the African nations.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the state-wide ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ from district Shravast.
The campaign of the state government aims to achieve 100 percent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools. The state government has also asked MLAs to adopt a school for the development of schools.